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Recommended for you surfaces items that best align with users’ interests based on their affinities. It can be added to various pages, such as the homepage or category pages, to provide a personalized shopping experience.
This is a beta feature according to Algolia’s Terms of Service (“Beta Services”).
Recommended for you is compatible with both Classic and Advanced Personalization.

Before you begin

This feature isn’t available on every plan. Refer to your pricing plan to see if it’s included.
Set up Classic or Advanced Personalization. Recommended for you ranks items by each user’s affinities, which are derived from their interactions and preferences. To learn how affinities shape Recommend results, see How personalized recommendations work.
  1. Go to the Algolia dashboard and select your Algolia .
  2. On the left sidebar, select Recommend.
  3. Select Recommended for you and click Start using. Screenshot of a "Recommended for you" section with a "Start using" button and a note that the Personalization feature needs to be trained.
You can add Recommended for you to your app using the Recommend API client. In the , queryParameters can include any valid search parameters such as facetFilters or hitsPerPage. A userToken is required.
InstantSearch doesn’t support the Recommended for you model. Use the API client instead.
Last modified on August 7, 2026